Borrowed fromMalayjiwa, fromSanskritजीव(jīva).
- Hyphenation:di‧wa
- IPA(key): /ˈdiwaʔ/ [ˈd̪i.wɐʔ]
diwà
- spirit;essence
- Synonym:espiritu
- soul
- Synonym:kalag
diwa
- (anatomy)arm;hand
Borrowed fromItaliandiva(“diva, goddess”), fromLatindīva(“goddess”), female ofdīvus(“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.va/
- Rhymes:-iva
- Syllabification:di‧wa
diwa f
- diva(female celebrity)
- diwa inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- diwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Borrowed fromMalayjiwa, fromSanskritजीव(jīvá).Doublet ofbibo.
diwà (Baybayin spellingᜇᜒᜏ)
- consciousness
- Synonyms:malay-tao,ulirat
- sense;meaning
- Synonyms:kahulugan,sentido
- centralpoint;core
- Synonym:ubod
- gist;mainidea
- Synonyms:buod,kakanggata
- idea;message
- Synonyms:mensahe,layunin
- spirit;soul
- Synonyms:kaluluwa,espiritu
- (obsolete)freshmeat
diwà (Baybayin spellingᜇᜒᜏ)(obsolete)
- maybe;might;probably;seemingly
- Synonyms:baka,tila,yata,marahil,tila,para,anaki
Diwa darating siya ngayon?- Shemay be arriving today?
Diwa'y pinawawalan mo na akong halaga.- It appears as if you do not put importance on me.
Diwa nga'y gayon ang nangyari.- Perhaps that is really what happened.
- The word expresses doubt and unsureness. Thus, this can also be translated as “It seems to be” or “I think”.
- “diwa”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016)Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press,→ISBN,page75
- Juan R. Francisco (1964)Indian Influences in the Philippines: With Special Reference to Language and Literature[1], University of the Philippines
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860)Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor,Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor,Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[4], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 199: “Creo) Diva [(pp)] adver) ante poneſe”
- page 308: “Eſpiritu) Diva (pp) que da ſer al hombre, aſi llaman tambien al Angel”
- page 465: “Pareçeme) Diva (pp) adver) ante poneſe”
diwa
- water
- Juan Diego Quesada,A Grammar of Teribe (2000)
